The burden of mental health in lymphatic filariasis

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ton, Thanh G N ^a   Mackenzie, Charles ^b   Molyneux, David H ^b  

^a PRECISION HEALTH ECONOMICS   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; DALYS; Filariasis morbidity; Global burden of disease; Lymphatic filariasis; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85006189043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0068-7     Document Type: Article

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